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AP Sports WriterIowa play-by-play man suspended for "King Kong" commentBy LUKE MEREDITHIOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) Iowa play-by-play announcer Gary Dolphin has been suspended for the rest of the season for referring to Maryland's Bruno Fernando as ''King Kong'' during a broadcast.Hawkeye Sports Properties, the multimedia rights manager for...

Penn State at a GlanceBy The Associated Press=Penn StateLast season: 18-16.Nickname: Nittany Lions.Coach: Patrick Chambers.Conference: Big Ten.Key Returnees: Shep Garner (9.2 points) and Brandon Taylor (9.1) are the top returning scorers and Taylor grabbed 5.3 rebounds per game.Who Left: D.J. Newbill was the star of this program as it...

AP Basketball WriterBaylor stays No. 1 in quiet week for Top 25; Michigan St outBy JOHN MARSHALLBaylor remains atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll in a largely static week among the top 10.The Bears received 48 of 64 first-place votes from a media panel in the poll...

AP Sports WriterEx-Tar Heel Woods comfortable back home at South CarolinaBy PETE IACOBELLICOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina guard Seventh Woods can't take a few steps around town these days without someone telling him it is good he came home. The former North Carolina player is happy with his...

NCAA Latest: 11-seed Syracuse bounces Mich. St. for Sweet 16By The Associated PressThe Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):5:20 p.m.Michigan State's season is over after the Spartans were eliminated by 11th-seeded Syracuse in their own backyard.Despite a partisan crowd cheering them on in...

Drake calls out Rick Pitino in song on new albumBy The Associated PressRapper Drake, a well-known Kentucky Wildcats fan, calls out former Louisville coach Rick Pitino in a song on his new record.Drake released his latest album ''Scorpion'' on Friday. It contains a song titled ''Sandra's Rose,'' in which...

AP Basketball WriterCorruption case won't stop the calls on Selection SundayBy AARON BEARDRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) College basketball has spent an entire season operating amid the specter of an FBI corruption investigation that led to criminal charges against assistant coaches, agents, apparel company employees and others.The scandal rocked the...

NCAA Latest: Zion, Duke lead UCF at halftime in 2nd roundBy The Associated PressThe Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):6:20 p.m.Top-seeded Duke ended the first half on a 12-2 run to lead UFC 44-36 at the half.Zion Williamson put on the kind of...

Associated PressUMBC beats top-seeded Vermont 65-62, wins America East titleBy BRUCE BOSLEYBURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) Jairus Myles hit a long 3-pointer with less than a second left, lifting Maryland Baltimore County over top-seeded Vermont 65-62 Saturday in the America East championship game.Myles scored 27 points to lead the second-seeded...

Former UConn star Toby Kimball dead at 74; played in NBASTORRS, Conn. (AP) Toby Kimball, who starred for the University of Connecticut and played for nine seasons in the NBA, has died. He was 74.The school announced that Kimball died Tuesday in California. Kimball's son, Tim, wrote on...

AP Sports WritersAP Basketball Writer Jim O'Connell dead at age 64By BARRY WILNER and PAUL MONTELLANEW YORK (AP) Jim O'Connell, the longtime college basketball writer for The Associated Press and a member of the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 64.He died Monday after a series of...

AP Sports WriterBig Ten's Delany: 'Storm clouds' hang over college sportsBy ANDREW SELIGMANROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany said Thursday significant ''storm clouds'' are hanging over college athletics because of a basketball recruiting scandal displaying what many see as the sleazy side of the sport.Delany cited...